by Mandy | Jan 6, 2021 | Art Supplies, Review, Watercolor |
Exploring Rembrandt further, this time I’ve painted swatches from their granulating watercolors and compared them to other brands that used the same pigments. I included Daniel Smith, a comparison many people asked for. Below you can find the high-resolution...
by Mandy | Jan 4, 2021 | Art Supplies, Review, Watercolor |
Having both the complete Rembrandt and Van Gogh watercolor collection, I could now do a comparison of sorts of the both. Here’s the video: And here are the three hi-resolution color charts. Remember that digital reproduction inevitably leads to color changes....
by Mandy | Jul 24, 2020 | Art Supplies, Colors, Painting, Review, Video, Vlog, Watercolor |
A big surprise It felt like Christmas when a huge box full of watercolor paint tubes unexpectedly arrived at my door… Half an hour later a caterpillar of tubes containing lush watercolor paints lay on the dining table in order – screaming to be swatched...
by Mandy | Mar 11, 2020 | Art Supplies, Blog, Contemplation, Process, Studio |
If you’ve been following me online, you may remember that sometimes the Universe really does deliver. A few weeks ago, two more wishes were spontaneously fulfilled. Sender? The Universe. This year I quit online teaching in order to focus on my own art and...
by Mandy | Dec 30, 2019 | Art, Art Supplies, Blog, Contemplation, Illustration, Inspiration, Painting, Process, Video, Vlog, Watercolor, Writing |
Everything in life comes in seasons. Everything comes and goes. Literally every single thing. I’ve known this for as long as I can remember. But I only truly began to understand when one day along the shore I found hundreds of dead serpent stars,thousands, even....
by Mandy | Nov 7, 2019 | Art Supplies, ink, Tanka, Video, Watercolor |
At the moment I’m completely into waterproof ink because I’m drawing and writing a lot of Tanka. It’s something I like to do when I have a lot on my mind. Limiting myself to just a small number of lines, a small number of syllables, forces me to boil...
